Spirituality and Community Life

‘Many of the first Christians renounced the things of this world in order to better follow Jesus Christ. One cannot...

‘Christian perfection consists, in addition to loving God and neighbour through his love, in doing and practicing all...

‘The most pious reading that we can have is the holy Gospel… We must meditate upon it and conform our conduct with the...

‘O my God and my Father, may I know you and make you known; love you and make you loved; serve you and make you...

‘My address, during the few days I stayed there, was at Vic. From this city I would set out with a list of the towns I...

‘First of all we must ask God as St Augustine did: Noverim te, noverim me: Let me, Lord, know who You are and know who...

‘I will ask the Blessed Virgin Mary for a burning love, perfect union with God, the most profound humility, and a...

‘The whole ambition of a soul that loves God must consist in surpassing others in humility… He who loves God, does...

“…the priest who works without meekness serves Satan, not Christ.” Aut 376 THE MEEK CONQUER In the first letter of St....

“Reading good books has always been considered highly useful, but nowadays it is a real necessity. I say that it is...

All things, even the most insignificant, reveal to us the power of God, his wisdom, his goodness and other attributes....

Because it was not so publicised that I would preach in these missions, they advised me not to preach them, for they...

“ Love decorum in the house of the Lord, in the ornaments and adornments, especially, seriousness with the divine...

“If creatures fail you, if you are threatened by temptation, if your are afflicted by tribulation and the pains of...

If a community, a religion is lacking in spirit, it does not persevere. He who does not have the spirit of Christ...

“Jesus Christ was condemned to death and he carried the cross. He taught us how to be crucified to the world and the...

Faced with a choice of two goods, each of which would give God equal glory, I feel called to choose the poorer, the...

“Oh my God, how patient you were with me!” Aut 65 GOD’S STRANGE CALENDAR It is said that patience is the capacity to...

I learned from this that everyone, even the rudest people, should be treated kindly and affably and that much more may...

“As regards the foundation of Jaca, I do not know what to tell you, I always fearful in giving advice concerning the...

True peace is not found in the retreat and withdrawal from the task which God wants to entrust to his servants. When...

“When people receive communion only once a year, there is much coldness, when they receive communion twice a year,...

“The Spirit of the Lord inspires where it wills, when it wills and whom it wills,. On our part, the important thing is...

The doctors and Fathers of the Church say that if the tree is known by its fruits as it is written in the Gospel, what...

According to the comparison which St. Augustine took from the prophet David, the examples of the saints are to us,...

There are many rooms in the Father’s house, and each will be given glory according to the faithfulness with which they...

Most Blessed Mother, may the courtesy of your Immaculate Heart, in accepting us as your Sons, be praised a thousand...

Procure and do every possible good to your neighbour, spiritual and corporal, temporal and eternal. And when it is not...

“ I had to overcome many difficulties at the hands of the ecclesiastical superiors and the population before I could...

I will try to maintain the same humour and equilibrium without letting myself be highly predominated over by sadness...

“ I am so soft-hearted and compassionate that I can't bear seeing misfortune or misery without doing something to...

The most holy Virgin lived poorly and died very poorly. Religiosas en sus casas o las Hijas del Santísimo é Inmaculado...